clock | February 23, 2010This was the slideshow of the presentation Dennis Meredith gave at the AAAS 2010, just before me on Sunday morning - this was pre-recorded. The live presentation was even more fun:
Using Multimedia to Advance Your Research
View more presentations from Dennis Meredith.
clock | February 23, 2010Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked my SciBling Dorothea Salo to answer a few questions.
Here are the questions. No rush. Remember that you are free to add, delete, fuse, split or edit the questions:
Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. Would you, please, tell my readers a little bit more…
clock | February 23, 2010How does a journalist figure out 'which scientists to trust'?
Saturday, January 16 at 3:15 - 4:20pm
D. How does a journalist figure out "which scientists to trust"? - Christine Ottery and Connie St Louis
Description: We will talk about how science journalists can know which scientists to trust based on a blogpost by Christine Ottery that made a splash in the world of science communication. As a relative newcomer to science journalism and blogging (Christine) and an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, writer and scientist (Connie), we will be bringing two very different viewpoints to the…
clock | February 23, 2010Being away at AAAS meeting also meant I did not have much time and opportunity until right now to check what's new in PLoS ONE yesterday and today. But I checked now, after coming back home. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
An Investigation into the Cognition Behind Spontaneous…
clock | February 22, 2010"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde
clock | February 22, 2010I arrived in San Diego on Thursday night and checked in my hotel that was 6 miles away, almost in Mexico - I could see the lights of Tijuana from the hotel. I had to take a cab each morning and evening.
On Friday morning, I got up bright and early and came to the convention center, lugging my huge and heavy laptop with me. And that was the first surprise of the day - there was no wifi anywhere in the Convention Center, and almost no power outlets anywhere: something I am not used to as the meetings I tend to go to are pretty techie and take care of such details.
Not even speakers/panelists…
clock | February 22, 2010Go say Hi to the newest addition to Scienceblogs.com, Claire L. Evans at Universe.
Check out the archives of Claire's old blogs Universe and Space Canon. Lots of Science Fiction!!!!
clock | February 22, 2010How does a journalist figure out 'which scientists to trust'?
Saturday, January 16 at 3:15 - 4:20pm
D. How does a journalist figure out "which scientists to trust"? - Christine Ottery and Connie St Louis
Description: We will talk about how science journalists can know which scientists to trust based on a blogpost by Christine Ottery that made a splash in the world of science communication. As a relative newcomer to science journalism and blogging (Christine) and an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, writer and scientist (Connie), we will be bringing two very different viewpoints to the…
clock | February 21, 2010A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
- Charles Robert Darwin
clock | February 20, 2010"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
clock | February 20, 2010AAAS meeting is in full swing. Follow hashtag #AAAS10 on Twitter. My session is tomorrow at 8:30am. It will be recorded, I think, so you'll be able to see it in a day or two after.
Sorry for no (live)blogging but there is no online access in the convention center.... I will wait until I am back home and write a summary post after the event is over.
clock | February 19, 2010 I've developed a new philosophy: I only dread one day at a time.
- Charles Monroe Schulz
clock | February 19, 2010Yup, traveling, but still manged to take a quick look at what's new in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Novel Acoustic Technology for Studying Free-Ranging Shark Social Behaviour by Recording Individuals' Interactions:
Group behaviours are widespread among fish but…
clock | February 18, 2010"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas
clock | February 18, 2010After four uneventful flights and a crazy night in Vegas (no, not crazy in that way), I have finally arrived in San Diego. Checked in a hotel that is far away from the convention center. Exhausted.
Pretty much impossible to get online, use the iPhone, check mail anywhere in Las Vegas. The only means of communication I could (sometimes) use was Twitter, using Twitterific!
The wifi at the hotel is slowish but works. I hope it's better at the convention center where I'll spend most of the time over the next three days.
I am a notorious coca-colic. Yet, all I could find in Vegas, or at the Vegas…
clock | February 18, 2010I and the Bird #119 is up on Somewhere in NJ
New Change of Shift is up on INQRI
Friday Ark #283 is up on Modulator
clock | February 18, 2010Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked John Timmer from Ars Technica to answer a few questions.
Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. Would you, please, tell my readers a little bit more about yourself? Where are you coming from (both geographically and philosophically)?
Geographically, I…